Extended vertical rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap for pelvic reconstruction: Three-dimensional and four-dimensional computed tomography angiographic perfusion study and clinical outcome analysis

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 200-209

  Villa, Mark ^a   Saint Cyr, Michel ^a   Wong, Corrine ^a   Butler, Charles E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOUR DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78651293208     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181f95a54     Document Type: Article

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